The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
PETROLEUM has been found in Egypt at a
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depth of 1910 feet.
AT the late Medical Congress in Vienna all the
doctors who spoke on the subject We're in favor
OF cremation as way of disposing OF the dead.
Two FIRMS at Portland, that were charged by
the State Dairy Commission of Oregon with sell
ing oeomargarine for butter, have brought
damage suits against the commission.
THE new State capitol of Texas will be COM
pleted by next June. The State paid for the
building in land valued at S3,o0O,O00 The CON
tractors have already made over 81 900 900 profit
on their bargain.
SOME EXPERIMENTS have been placed on record,
says the London Electrician, in which a number
of eggs We're Matched out in a magnetic field,
with the result that the chickens were all more
or less deformed- blind, deaf or lame.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, is excited over a marriage
in fun, which took place at an agricultural fair
there last week. The ceremony was performed
by justice of the peace, and the seriousness of
the affair was not realized until the following
day.
The american, of Ellsworth, Me-, tells sad
story of the life of the waiter girls in the Bar
Harbor hotels. 1t says that the life there is very
demoralizing, and that many an innocent coun-
try girl falls into fast company and is ruined
there.
AN OHIO SCHOOL TEACHER, who reprimanded
an untrutbful pupil by washing her mouth with
soap and water, and was sued by the girls par
ents on the charge of assault and battery, has
Just been 'honorablyH discharged by the court,
which ruled that the punishment was not crimi-
nal in the eyes of the law.
WILLS to the number of 500, bearing dates
1872 to 1874, have been found among the
chives of Buda-Pes by the Hungarian histo-
rian Salamon. The discovery is naturally Caus
ing profound sensation. for it may unsettle
property that has passed into thousands of
infalllhlV whole
crop of fresh lawsuits.
THE most selfsacrifcing editor in Michigan is
]. 7. Ror;ck of the Bad Axe Democrat. He re-
trains from printing the details of a murder
trial because it would get people so well posted
that it would be impossible to procure a suffi
| GENTLY ignorant jury for forgery case which
is to follow and which will deal with about the
| same evidence as the murder case.
THEY have just put up an epitaph in one of
| the London cemeteries which equals in pith
and exactitude anything of the olden time
Over the grave of dentist there run the follow
ing lines:
''View this gravestone with all gravity
j is filling his last cavity
JUDGE HENRY Tut, of st. Joseph, Mo, a
| man 81 years old, was once a prominent char
acter in Virginia. He was selected by the Gov
ernor of that State to command o troop of 200
representative men of the "Old Dominion to
act as body guard TO Gen. Lafayette dur
Bile visit to the United States in April, 1925.
The present grand jury of Monmouth county,
New Jersey, the first day of its session passed
a resolution to the effect that no cases should
be acted upon unless the original compainants
appeared in the grand jury room. The result
has been that so far no indictments have been
found against the proprietOrS of several gam
bling houses at Long Branch, against whom evil
dence is ready.
SENSATIONAL PREACHER has developed in the
| upper end of Clark county, Indiana, called
| weeping Joe" Some nights ago his congre-
cation dwnded, and then he announced some
thing new The next night a big congregation
gathered. When all were in he pulled off his
coat, turned a series of handsprings from the
| pulpit to the door, and then quietly proceeded
| with his sermon.
EDISON was recently asked his opinion of the
Keely motor, and answered: Il have never seen
it. so / have no opinion about it. But all the re-
suits he is said to have obtained can be got from
compressed air. All the air in this room can be
condensed into liquid that could be carried in
a filbert shell, and its explosive force would be
tremendous Skillfully released and recon-
| structed 1t would move great machine"
MUMMIEs beaten up into powder and mixed
| with a little oil made for the artists in Egypt
| richer tones of brown than any other substance
Modern perfumers used to prepare the per
fumes and spices found inside of mummies
| in such way as to make ladies "dote on it -
Paper manufacturers have used the wrappngS
of mummeS to make coarse paper, and the
cloth and rags have been used as clothing.
THE venerable Doc" Blodgett, of Sabetha.
Kan, is one of the few living old-time hunters
and pioneers. lie was born in 1890 in block
| house where Cincinnati now stands fought in
| the Indian war in Ohio; killed panther where
now stands Columbus, O.; speaks two Indian
| languages tiuently; has used tobacco and
father, and looks and Vets like man Of 65. anu
JAMES Houston, of Cane HILL Ark, was awak-
| ened by noise under his bed the other night
He lighted lamp, and looking under thought
! he saw cat; but when he pOked it with a cane
a big snake came out and offered battle He
| drove it back under the bed, took his wife to a
neighbours for safety, and went back and killed
the serpent with.a pitchfork. 1t measured II
| feet inches in length had stripes running di
agonally around its body and had recently
| swallowed three young kittens.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, it appears has all these
years been sailing under false colors. The edi-
| tor of the Salt Lake Tribune says and saws it
boldly, that ''old Thomas could not make
| speech at all Give him pen and a sheet of
paper and he could write words that all the
world would stop to read; that all the genera
| lions to come will stop to read. But stand him
| up before an audience and ask him to talk and
he as dumb as an oyster. Mr. Cleveland can
make better off-hand speech than Mr. Jeffer-
| son could"
A PLAN has been set on foot by several tenn
| perance organizations in New Brunswick to boy
| colt the saloons The main supporters of the. e
| organizations women whose husbands are
! regular patrons Of the saloons, and boys will be
| employed to patrol the sidewalk in front of the
| Objectionable place with placards denouncing
the saloon keepers as peace breakers. A placard
| seen yesterday had these words painted upon it ::
| This is the saloon where the bread money of
| the husband and father gees. It's the DEVILS
| bank Don't deposit here.
Two DAUGHTERS of William Riley, of Spring
field O., are in a critical condition from the use
Of Snowflake, face powder They lost the
use of their fingers and arms. and violent pains
in the limbs and stomach followed The first
symptoms were noticed five years ago but
neither knew what it was Kate, who was once
portly. but who is now a mere skeleton. has
spasms every half hour. Doctors says it s
doubtful If she ever recoverS and that even if
she does she will never be healthy again as
white lead from the powder is in her system.
A GENEsEo CAT was put in grain bag and
carried seven miles beyond Green river, north of
town, and emptied into the road in front of a
farmhouse. She was Immediately set upon by
a ferocious dog. The cat ran frantically I'D a
tree and out upon a limb far that it broke
and she fell into well thirty feet deep Much
subdued in spirit she reappeared on the road in
few minutes just in time TO be run over by a
wagon, after which she was again sped by the
dog. Unwilling to pin her faith in trees again.
she struck Decline for town, and was at home
licking herself on the front porch when the
owner returned.